Eva Basilion

As a child, I was a piano prodigy. I entered my first piano completion at age 6. Bela Bartok. By 18, I was burnt out. I have barely touched the piano since.

Just telling people they slept poorly led to impaired cognitive function. Telling them they slept fine preserved it.

Modern women have ~400 periods in their lifetime. Pre-modern women had closer to 100. They spent most of their fertile years pregnant or breastfeeding, which naturally suppressed ovulation. Our hormone systems evolved for far fewer cycles than we run through today. This is plausibly one reason why endometriosis and fibroids are so much more common now.

Recently I got to try a sleep mask that induces sleep (via stim of a long known but seldom discussed visual-brainstem-vestibular pathway) & boosts REM & SWS in closed loop w/AI. I eagerly await day tech that can increase arousal & focus via ocular-brainstem pathways too. So cool!

People who spend five hours a week with their grandchildren have improved memory, but if they spend 20 hours, their memory is worse than their peers. What do you conclude?

Do people with good genetics have a moral obligation to be sperm donors?

My mom told me 'Addiction is proof that you are capable of intense devotion.... You just serve a false god' I haven’t been the same since.

if i can’t steal a book on the internet i know it must be good